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Community News from
Salem
By MRS. DOUGLAS YANCEY
March! March! March has come
marching in with wind, rain and
all sorts of weather, and as the
poet would say “Here’s fickle
March again." March is the
month of many kinds of weatl er
end moods — It deceives ti'e
/lowers and betrays the fruit
with all sorts of bright warm
days, snows, blows, rains and
sometimes freezes. March often
has everything on its tray of
tricks. March is often referred to
*s the month that holds the rest
of the year together — be as it
may, March is an important
month in the history of time,
even it it is bright and balmy one
day and the next day beguiling
the dogwood.
March is two-thirds winter and
©ne-third spring, so its fickle
ness comes naturally. We often
wish that March would ease in
without so much fuss and that
lor once it would settle down for
a nice quiet spell. We do hope
that it doesn't go off on a tangent
this year and freeze all the flow
ers that have bloomed weeks in
advance of the regular time for
them to bloom.
When one goes away from
home for a weekend it is rather
hard to gather enough news to
make a column and that is what
happened to the Salem reporter
who went down Macon way to
visit a sick sister and lost out on
all the nice things that happened
around here. However to give you
the news that I have — Rev. S.
J. Hull reports that the Expan
sion Day program went over big
in Salem Church and that the
program at Salem Club House
Saturday night for the organiza
tion of The Lord’s Acre Program
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’ for 1957 was a great success. Mr.
Leonard Standard was elected
leader of this project. He will be
assisted by others of Salem
Church and we do expect this
project to be very interesting this
year.
Mrs. Lois Wallace called to re
port that she is a happy brand
new grandmother. Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Littlefield are the proud
parents of a new baby son at
their home in Beaumont, Texas.
Congratulations to all. William
Christopher is the young man’s
name.
Mrs. Otis Maxwell has been
dismissed from Georgia Baptist
Hospital in Atlanta, where she
was a patient for a week. Happy
to report that Mrs. Maxwell is
improved and that there is no
new “hospital” sick to report this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yancey
spent the weekend in Macon with
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Taunton. Mrs.
Taunton has had surgery and is
convalesing at her home.
Friends in Salem of Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Robertson and
family are delighted to learn that
they are moving to Salem for
future residence. Mr. Robertson
has received a transfer to Fort
MacPherson and they will oc
cupy the Boyd home here in
Salem for the next few months.
To this fine young couple, we all
say “Welcome Home.”
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Hull, Phil,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson,
Miss Brenda Chambers, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Thompson and chil
dren were all the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Thompson Sunday.
The Third Quarterly Confer
ence will be held at Salem Sun
day for the 1956-57 Conference
Year. Dr. Walter Chidsey will
bring the morning message and
Community News From
North Covington
By Mn. Jack Gibbs Sr.
Good morning friends! Do
hope everyone is fine this morn
ing. I don’t know but I “kinds"
think the ground hog has put a
jinx on out weather. We have
really enjoyed the few days of
sunshine we’ve had and here’s
hoping we’ll soon have more.
So glad to hear most of our
shut-ins are better. Mrs. R. C.
Polk, who has been quite ill, is
doing nicely and also Myles
Chapman is reported slow^ re
cuperating. We hope all shut
ins are soon able to be out with
us.
Mr. and Mrs Jimmy McEver
of Atlanta were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Avery Friday
night. Friends of Mrs. McEver,
formerly Miss Alma Cleo Avery,
will be interested to know she
has resumed her regular duties
as nurse ait St. Josephs Hospital.
Mrs. Mollie Hale had as her
guest Sunday, her broth/r, Joe
Brown of Clarkston.
Mr. and Mrs. Myles Chapman
had as visitors Sunday, Mrs.
Adam Roseberry, Adam Rose
berry Jr., of Stockbridge; Mrs.
Etta Lindsey and son of Porter
dale and Mr. and Mrs. James
Bates.
Mrs. J. T. Roberts left Thurs
day for an extended visit to
relatives in California.
Mrs. Mary Reagin and daugh
ter of Porterdale spent Wednes
day afternoon of last week with
Mrs. J. A. Allgood.
Mrs. Isham Harrelson of New
Orleans spent several days last
week with Mrs. Sam Martin and
Mrs. R. C. Polk.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Gibbs
of Social Circle were visitors of
Mt. and Mrs. Bernard Kitchens
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gibbs
of Atlanta made “pop call” on
Mrs. Jack Gibbs Sr. Tuesday
afternoon of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCart
spent a while Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Irene Stone of Ox
ford.
Mrs. Cody Aeron of Covington
Mills had dinner Sunday with
the Elton McMichaels.
Mrs. Rena Cheek of Atlant*
was the weekend guest of Mrs.
Sam Martin and Mrs. R C.
Polk.
Mrs. Henry Odum Sr. visited
Mesdames Huckaby and Bou
chillon one afternoon last week.
Rev. and Mrs. P. J. Garrison
Jr., Sarah and Andy of Winston-
Salem, N.C., spent Mon<|ay night
with their parents, Mr. and Mr*.
P. J. Garrison St., enroute to
their new home in Dalles, Texas.
Little Miss Eddye Cowan of
Oxford was the weekend guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Fincher.
Mr. end Mirs. Quillen Reagin
of Lithonia visited Rev. and
Mrs. Newton Scott Sunday.
Mrs. H E. McCart visited Mrs.
G. L. Carter, Mrs. A. L. Hucka
by and Mrs. V. W Bouchillon
during the afternoon Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. €. McMichael,
of Dover, K J., spent Friday and
Saturday with Mr. and El
ton McMichael.
Sgt and Mrs. Edgar McCul
lough and children of Crestview,
Fla., have returned after visit
ing Mrs. Bernard Kitchens and
other relatives, here.
Mrs. Luther Hale and daugh
ters visited Mr. and Mrs. J R.
Sellars of Monroe Sunday.
Mrs. Gene Hamby and chil
dren visited the J. A. Allgoods
Sunday.
Cleon Wiley of Birmingham
came for his family, Mrs. Wiley
and children, who have been
lunch will be served at the Club
House, the members bringing pic
nic lunches.
Rev. and Mrs. Sam Hull and
the Rev. Howard Collins of Al
mon, chaperoned Salem MYF
members to Atlanta Friday night
for a showing of the Ten Com
mandments.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Furger
son and Debbie of Atlanta visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jefferies
and Miss Jackie Jefferies last
Saturday night. Mr. Alvin Jeffer
ies was confined to his home last
week due to illness.
— THE COVINGTON NEWS
with Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Wiley
for the past week.
Miss Dianne Hale spent the
weekend with Miss Annie L.
Reed.
Leon Chapman of Detroit
spent several days in town due
to the illness of hie father,
Myles Chapman.
Roy Huckaby of Porterdale
visited Mrs. A. L. Huckaby Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. A. V. Johnson, Mrs. W. S.
Anglin and Master Ken John
son spent Saturday with the
J. D. Hawkins of Decatur.
Rev. Ernest Garrison of Seat
tle Wash., was the weekend
guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gar
rison Sr.
Mrs. Mary Pickett spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. D.
G- Hamby of Alcovy.
Mrs. K. D. Johnson spent Sat
urday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. David Skinner
and children of Decatur were
guests of Mrs. Howard Skinner
Sunday.
Mrs. Vernon Henry and chil
dren were visitors of relatives in
Macon for the past weekend.
Community News from
County
Cine
By Mrs. H. D. Lancaster
Benjamin Franklin once ad
vised: “Plow deep while slug
gards sleep” and this is what
our neighborhood farmers are
doing, plowing deep, turning the
mellow soil. What can be more
invigorating in the springtime
than the sight and smell of
freshly turned earth? When the
days begin to lengthen and the
sunshine beckons us forth from
the four walls of our homes
(where winter he* held us pris
oner for several months) and
bids us out into the brightness
of a spring day, we develope an
eagerness to begin to tWI the
soil — sow seeds and watch
them unfold into a green living
plant — and later on the burst
into bloom or to produce fruit.
Really, what can be more won
derful than the springtime when
all nature arouses from its win
ter slumber and begins to come
alive with fresh vigor and beau
ty?
There is just one thing about
tilling the soil in this immedi
ate neighborhood, it has almost
become a thing ot th* past. The
one* broad fields of cotton, com
and waving grain have given
place to growing timber; and
maybe growing pines is more
profitable than row crops, but
they can never be so beautiful.
Somehow when fields grow up
in pin* thickets, the country
takes on a neglected atmosphere.
But other nearby industries have
called people away from th*
farm, where there are only eight
hour jobs, while farming was
always a “from sun-up to sun
down job.”
Perhaps these other jobs do
not have th* daily “grind” as
doe* the hard work of farming,
but nothing can aver have th*
freedom and joy as that of plow
ing a straight furrow out under
the blue sky, with only the
twitter of birds and the flutter
of their wing* to disturb the
golden silence.
Well, all this just serves io
trip the trigger of memory and
bring a feeling of nostalgia to
a lot of us, so we had beet turn
to other things now.
The spring revival got off to a
good start Sunday at County
Line. Rev. Horace McEloid te
probing deep, but it takes deep
probing to awaken us all to a
sense ot duty. We recall how in
Bible days the prophet called
aloud to the people saying
“Awake thou daughter of Zion
and put on your white garment."
In addition to good preaching,
they are having beautiful sing
ing here under the leadership
of Glenn Dix. Sunday morning
the auditorium was filled to
capacity. People are hungry for
the gospel.
Well, many of the sick ones
are better and were back in
their place in the pew Sunday.
Among them being Onree Sel
lers, Mrs. Susie Russell, Mrs.
Lizzie Steadham, Mrs. Ginnie
Mae Stokes and Mrs. Elizabeth
Capes. Mrs. Capes recently re
turned from the hospital.
Mr. Harry Davis has returned
tc the Veterans Hospital at Au
gusta after a pleasant week at
home among loved ones and
friends. Tuesday of las week he
motored up to Atlanta with his
daughter, Mrs. Quigg Piper,
granddaughters and Margaret
Yancy to see "The Ten Com
mandments” which so many
have been enjoying. Mrs. Jack
son remains very ill. Mrs. Alva
Coady has been suffering from
a bad cold, and Mr. Roy Houston
was ill a great portion of last
week.
Those visiting the Walter War
ren and Irwin Loyd families
during the week were Mr. and
Mrs. Philips of Jackson, Mr.
L. W. Moore of McDonough. Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Warren of Deca
tur, Rev. Loyd Lyle of Oxford,
Mr. and Mrs. Joice Loyd of At
lanta, Mr. and Mrs. Gene War
ren of Covington and Mrs. Val
lie Aiken.
PFC Larry Gordon, stationed
at Ft. Campbell, Ky., was visit
ing relatives and attending
church here over the weekend.
The community extends sym
pathy to the Green Capps family
in the death of his sister, Mrs.
Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Satterfield
had dinner with Mrs. Satter
field’s mother, Mrs. Lizzie Stead
ham, in Covington recently.
Mt. and Mrs. Bryant Yancy,
visited with Mrs. Robert Cook
Saturday night.
Visitors in the H. D. Lancaster
home during the week included
Mr. Harry Davis. Rev. Loyd Lyle
and family, Mrs. Labor Gunn,
Miss Knight, Miss Polly Small
wood, Mrs. J. R. Houston and
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Nolan.
Well, it seems your reporter
has escaped th* surgeon’s knife
for the time being, though we
may get it later unless the Lord
intervenes. We covet your pray
ers.
PAINTING PAYE
It is estimated that unpainted
and exposed wood will wear a
way at the rate of 1/4 inch in
100 years when exposed to heat
and cold, rain and sun, freezing
and thawing. When protected
with paint, exterior house siding
of popular western red cedar or
Douglas fir will last indefinitely.
BIG “WIN A BICYCLE” CONTEST
FOR BOY’S and GIRL’S
STARTS THURSDAY, MARCH 7th
KUNS THROUGH
FRIDAY, APRIL sth
RULES:
1. BOYS AND GIRLS AGE 10 TO 15 ARE ELIGIBLE.
2. EACH ONE ENTERING WILL FIND PROSPECTS WHO WILL BE GIVEN A DEMON
STRATION RIDE IN THE NEW PLYMOUTH OR DODGE.
J. THE BOY OR GIRL WHO FINDS THE MOST PROSPECTS AND ARE GIVEN DEM
ONSTRATION RIDES WILL WIN.
4. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEMONSTRATION RIDE A CARD WILL BE FILL
ED OUT BY THE PROSPECT AND A NUMBERED STUB GIVEN THEM TO BE RE
TURNED TO THE BOY OR GIRL CONTESTANT.
5 W,LL BE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY, APRIL 6, AT 3 PM IN OUR
THE CONTESTANT MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.
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2. sio.oo cash
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(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State) Thursday. March 7. 1957
Community News from
Eudora
By ORELL AARON
Rev. James Brown of Macon
filled his regular appointment at
New Rocky Creek Sunday. Rev.
and Mrs. Brown and children
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Carver Jr.,
and children, Linda, Cathy and
Eileen of Tucker spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Moore.
Friends of Miss Sybil Kelly,
who has been ill for sometime,
will be pleased to know that
she is able to be out again.
Dianne Allen of Warner Ro
bins spent last week with her
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Allen.
Friends of Mrs. John Cunard
learn with regret that she is ill
at the home of her son, Henry
Cunard in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Allen of
Warner Robins announce the
birth of a daughter, Twylia
Starr, on February 21 at the Ma
con Hospital.
Debbie Ozburn of Monticello
spent several days last w r eek with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Ozburn.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. King were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert White of Worthville.
Mrs. J. H. Kelly who has been
spending sometime with her
daughter, Mrs. George Lewis, is
now able to be at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit King and
little son of Charlotte, N. C.
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. King.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mulkey
and Mrs. J. C. Kitchens of Cov
ington were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Boyd Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harper of
Mansfield spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. and Mrs. Orell
Aaron and Miss Nellie Deane
Aaron.
Ralph Jones, Chaiton Bates,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Day, Mrs.
Tom Jones, Mrs. R. A. Moore,
Mrs. Sam Allen, Mrs. Joel Hodge
and Mrs. Gertrude Cunard were
Age Limit Revised
For Volunteer Six
Month Active Duty
Atlanta, Ga. — Army Reserve
enlistees between the ages of
18-1/2 and twenty-six, who vol
unteer for six months active
duty, are now eligible for draft
postponement.
Only recently the Army Re
serve announced that young men
in this age group would be eli
gible to participate in the six
month program. The program
was formerly open only to tiaose
between seventeen and eighteen
and a half.
luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Bates of Covington
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaiton Bates
of Macon announce the birth of
a son, Anthony Cregg, February
27 at the Newton County Hos
pital. Mrs. Bates is the former
Miss Lois Jones of Eudora.
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National Headquarter* of th*
Selective Service System has
now authorized postponement of
induction for young men in th*
higher age group, so long a*
they satisfactorily participate m
weekely Army Reserve drills,
and an annual two- week Mim
mer encampment.
Volunteers under the program
will be given one hundred and
twenty days from the date at
volunteering until the date they
must report for training.
The first two Georgia enlistee*
under the new program are
scheduled io begin training at
Fort Jackson, S. C., thia month
They are Private* John Brand,
and Eddie Oxford, both 22 and
both of Atlanta. Oxford ic a
Georgia Tech graduate, and
already a member of the Army
Reserve. Brand enlisted especi
ally to take advantage ot the
benefits of th* new program.
Prior to this agreement with
the Selective Service System
only National Guard personnel
were authorized deferments.